Orange Nut Bread



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   Recipe from the first lady in 1975, Mrs. Gerald Ford and a Recipe from the Vice Presidents wife in 1975, Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller.

Enjoy recipes from an old cookbook made years ago from a rural community plus a recipe from the White House during that time.

Orange Nut Bread


Orange Nut Bread

   Ingredients required
1 medium sized orange
1 cup raisin or dates
2 tablespoons melted shortening
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg, well beaten
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon soda
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup chopped nuts

Preheat oven 350 degrees

Instructions for Orange Nut Bread Recipe

   Pour juice from Orange in standard 8 oz measuring cup; Add boiling water to fill cup. Remove most of white membrane from orange peel. Put peel through food chopper with raisins, using course blade, add diluted orange juice. Stir in shortening, vanilla and egg. Add flour sifted with salt, baking powder, soda and sugar. Mix well, stir in nuts. Bake in waxed paper lined pan 5 by 9 inches at 350° for about 1 hour.

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Baking Abbreviations
tsp. - teaspoon
Tbsp. - tablespoon
C. - cup
pt. - pint
qt. - quart
pk. - peck
bu. - bushel
oz. - ounce, ounces
lb. - pound, pounds
sq. - square
min. - minute, minutes
hr. - hour, hours
mod. - moderate, moderately
doz. - dozen
Simplified Measures
dash - less than 1/8 teaspoon
3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon
16 tablespoon = 1 cup
1 cup = 1/2 pint
2 cups = 1 pint
2 pints (4 cups) = 1 quart
4 quarts(liquid) = 1 gallon
8 quarts(solid) = 1 peck
4 pecks = 1 bushel
16 ounces = 1 pound
2 tablespoon = 1/4 cup
5 1/3 tablespoons = 1/3 cup
8 tablespoons = 1/2 cup
10 2/3 tablespoons = 2/3 cup
12 tablespoons = 3/4 cup
14 tablespoons = 7/8 cup